Ingredients
Carrots — 450 gr | |
Flour — 350 gr | |
Vegetable oil — 100 g | |
Granulated sugar — 150 gr | |
Water or tea — 100 g | |
Baking powder — according to the instructions on the bag | |
Slaked soda — 1/3 teaspoon quenched in vinegar | |
Nuts — by eye | |
Candied fruits — to taste and desire | |
Dried fruits — to taste and desire |
How to bake a delicious carrot cake with nuts for a family tea party.
How to Make Vegan Carrot Cake
Carrots are extremely healthy, delicious and calorie—free root vegetables. It is literally saturated with useful substances and trace elements. Carrots perfectly increase the immunity of our body, and also have a beneficial effect on mental activity and even the mood of a person. In modern cooking, there are many recipes for a wide variety of carrot dishes. Today we are going to bake a wonderful carrot cake.
Step-by-step recipe
1. |
The basis of our pie, of course, will be carrots. It must be washed, cleaned and grated (fine), or crushed in a meat grinder or vegetable cutter with special attachments. |
2. |
In a bowl with grated carrots, add granulated sugar, spices and oil. Let’s mix everything, and then we’ll start adding flour, baking powder, and slaked baking soda in portions. As the ingredients are added, we also mix everything, achieving a homogeneous mass. |
3. |
Now add water or tea to the dough (if you do not fast, you can add milk). But don’t overdo it. It is not necessary that the dough becomes too liquid. Add ground dried fruits and candied fruits to the dough (choose which ones to your taste). Mix everything together. |
4. |
As usual, we cover the form with baking paper and spread the prepared carrot-flour dough. We put it in the oven and mark the time. Usually, the process of making carrot cake takes no more than an hour. |
5. |
The finished cake must be cooled first. It remains only to cut it into small portions and put coconut cream on top (you can use any other pastry cream). Sprinkle with nuts. |
6. |
Our wonderful carrot cake is ready. We serve it to the table. |